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<p>
      A programmer might find that base or member hooks are not flexible enough in
      some situations. In some applications it would be optimal to put a hook deep
      inside a member of a class or just outside the class. <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Intrusive</strong></span>
      has an easy option to allow such cases: <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/intrusive/function_hook.html" title="Struct template function_hook">function_hook</a></code>.
    </p>
<p>
      This option is similar to <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/intrusive/member_hook.html" title="Struct template member_hook">member_hook</a></code>
      or <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/intrusive/base_hook.html" title="Struct template base_hook">base_hook</a></code>, but
      the programmer can specify a function object that tells the container how to
      obtain a hook from a value and vice versa. The programmer just needs to define
      the following function object:
    </p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="comment">//This functor converts between value_type and a hook_type</span>
<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">Functor</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
   <span class="comment">//Required types</span>
   <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="comment">/*impl-defined*/</span>      <span class="identifier">hook_type</span><span class="special">;</span>
   <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="comment">/*impl-defined*/</span>      <span class="identifier">hook_ptr</span><span class="special">;</span>
   <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="comment">/*impl-defined*/</span>      <span class="identifier">const_hook_ptr</span><span class="special">;</span>
   <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="comment">/*impl-defined*/</span>      <span class="identifier">value_type</span><span class="special">;</span>
   <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="comment">/*impl-defined*/</span>      <span class="identifier">pointer</span><span class="special">;</span>
   <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="comment">/*impl-defined*/</span>      <span class="identifier">const_pointer</span><span class="special">;</span>
   <span class="comment">//Required static functions</span>
   <span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="identifier">hook_ptr</span> <span class="identifier">to_hook_ptr</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">value_type</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">);</span>
   <span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="identifier">const_hook_ptr</span> <span class="identifier">to_hook_ptr</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">value_type</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">);</span>
   <span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="identifier">pointer</span> <span class="identifier">to_value_ptr</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">hook_ptr</span> <span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">);</span>
   <span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="identifier">const_pointer</span> <span class="identifier">to_value_ptr</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">const_hook_ptr</span> <span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="special">};</span>
</pre>
<p>
      Converting from values to hooks is generally easy, since most hooks are in
      practice members or base classes of class data members. The inverse operation
      is a bit more complicated, but <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Intrusive</strong></span>
      offers a bit of help with the function <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/intrusive/get_pare_idm45971714128384.html" title="Function template get_parent_from_member">get_parent_from_member</a></code>,
      which allows easy conversions from the address of a data member to the address
      of the parent holding that member. Let's see a little example of <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/intrusive/function_hook.html" title="Struct template function_hook">function_hook</a></code>:
    </p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">intrusive</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">list</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">intrusive</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">parent_from_member</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>

<span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">intrusive</span><span class="special">;</span>

<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">MyClass</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
   <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">dummy</span><span class="special">;</span>
   <span class="comment">//This internal type has a member hook</span>
   <span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">InnerNode</span>
   <span class="special">{</span>
      <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">dummy</span><span class="special">;</span>
      <span class="identifier">list_member_hook</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">hook</span><span class="special">;</span>
   <span class="special">}</span> <span class="identifier">inner</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">};</span>

<span class="comment">//This functor converts between MyClass and InnerNode's member hook</span>
<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">Functor</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
   <span class="comment">//Required types</span>
   <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">list_member_hook</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span>    <span class="identifier">hook_type</span><span class="special">;</span>
   <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">hook_type</span><span class="special">*</span>            <span class="identifier">hook_ptr</span><span class="special">;</span>
   <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">hook_type</span><span class="special">*</span>      <span class="identifier">const_hook_ptr</span><span class="special">;</span>
   <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">MyClass</span>               <span class="identifier">value_type</span><span class="special">;</span>
   <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">value_type</span><span class="special">*</span>           <span class="identifier">pointer</span><span class="special">;</span>
   <span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">value_type</span><span class="special">*</span>     <span class="identifier">const_pointer</span><span class="special">;</span>

   <span class="comment">//Required static functions</span>
   <span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="identifier">hook_ptr</span> <span class="identifier">to_hook_ptr</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">value_type</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">)</span>
      <span class="special">{</span>  <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">inner</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hook</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
   <span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="identifier">const_hook_ptr</span> <span class="identifier">to_hook_ptr</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">value_type</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">)</span>
      <span class="special">{</span>  <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">inner</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hook</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
   <span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="identifier">pointer</span> <span class="identifier">to_value_ptr</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">hook_ptr</span> <span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">)</span>
   <span class="special">{</span>
      <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">get_parent_from_member</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">MyClass</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
         <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">get_parent_from_member</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">MyClass</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">InnerNode</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">MyClass</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">InnerNode</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">hook</span><span class="special">)</span>
         <span class="special">,&amp;</span><span class="identifier">MyClass</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">inner</span>
      <span class="special">);</span>
   <span class="special">}</span>
   <span class="keyword">static</span> <span class="identifier">const_pointer</span> <span class="identifier">to_value_ptr</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">const_hook_ptr</span> <span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">)</span>
   <span class="special">{</span>
      <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">get_parent_from_member</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">MyClass</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
         <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">get_parent_from_member</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">MyClass</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">InnerNode</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">MyClass</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">InnerNode</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">hook</span><span class="special">)</span>
         <span class="special">,&amp;</span><span class="identifier">MyClass</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">inner</span>
      <span class="special">);</span>
   <span class="special">}</span>
<span class="special">};</span>

<span class="comment">//Define a list that will use the hook accessed through the function object</span>
<span class="keyword">typedef</span> <span class="identifier">list</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">MyClass</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">function_hook</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">Functor</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span>  <span class="identifier">List</span><span class="special">;</span>

<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span>
<span class="special">{</span>
   <span class="identifier">MyClass</span> <span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">;</span>
   <span class="identifier">List</span> <span class="identifier">l</span><span class="special">;</span>
   <span class="comment">//Insert the node in both lists</span>
   <span class="identifier">l</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">insert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">l</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">(),</span> <span class="identifier">n</span><span class="special">);</span>
   <span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">l</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">size</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">);</span>
   <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
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